lithograph

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a print made by lithography, in which an image is drawn on a prepared flat surface and transferred to paper

   The gallery displayed a signed lithograph beside the original sketch.

Simplified etymology

Lithograph, recorded from the early 19th century, is formed from Greek-derived litho-, from lithos, "stone," and -graph, from Greek graphos, associated with writing, recording, or portraying.

Back-formation from lithography, litho- (“stone”) + -graph (“that writes”).

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